A Silver Lining
Seems being compared to Bush gives foreign leaders pause.
With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr. Sarkozy told Mr. Putin that the world would not accept the overthrow of Georgia’s Government. According to [Sarkozy’s chief diplomatic adviser, Jean-David] Levitte, the Russian seemed unconcerned by international reaction. “I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls,” Mr. Putin declared.
Mr. Sarkozy thought he had misheard. “Hang him?” — he asked. “Why not?” Mr. Putin replied. “The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein.”
Mr. Sarkozy, using the familiar tu, tried to reason with him: “Yes but do you want to end up like [President] Bush?” Mr. Putin was briefly lost for words, then said: “Ah — you have scored a point there.”
(h/t Think Progress)
Could this be Bush’s legacy?
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Holy crap! Bush has replaced Hitler as the guy nobody wants to be.
$60 oil will do more to rein in Putin than Bush ever could.
LOL…but in a sad way.
I was reading yesterday that the election of Obama has put the leaders of Iran in a bind. They’ve been saying they want to negotiate with the U.S. but the U.S. won’t cooperate. Now we have a president-elect who will negotiate and the Iranian leaders don’t have a scapegoat. It should make things interesting.
People like Chavez, Putin and Ahmadenijad have benefited by having an unpopular leader to blame things on.
Putin’s been Bushed!
A colossal fuck-up from which no one will like you at the end of it all…..Brilliant!